Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,11 Dec 2000,28 mins

From girl to woman

Pick of the World

Available for over a year

A pick of the week's broadcasts from the BBC World Service. What it's like to be born a girl - teenagers across the world are re-visited five years on to find out whether their hopes and expectations have been fulfilled. Also, role reversal in Shakespearian performance, the power of political protest in Haitian song and a winning formula for encouraging Arabic writing.

Programme Website
More episodes